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Booyah on 18 March 2013
oniyide said:
teigaga said:
oniyide said:
wvelting said:
Otakumegane said:
Well.

Nintendo why you make so many bad decisions.


Will someone please explain why Nintendo keeps getting picked on for this.  MS makes a 4GB 360 and Sony makes a 12GB PS3, both of which would have to be upgraded to download a game like this.  Nintendo decided to let people use external HD's instead for expanded storage which workes just fine and is far cheaper than a hard drive pgrade for the 360 and for the most part no more than an upgrade for the PS3.  So...what's your problem with it?

 

Most people don't download full games anyways.  Why should everyone have to pay for a built in hard drive if most people would never use most of the space anyways.  To me, Nintendo's decision on this was a good one.  Also for me, we have 4 different external hard drives in my house, so it saved me money.

The thing is, those consoles have been around much longer and they have other OPTIONS, its not like those are the only ones you can get. ANd you have to look at price, the 4gig 360 is 100 bucks less than the basic wii U model that has only twice the space...most of which is going to be used to set up the OS anyway. (yes i know the cost is coming from the controller, but most wont care). PS3 has all kinds of options. Hell, for the same amount of money you can get a 500GB ps3 WITH a damn game. THe basic you get nothing,  and thats just one of there like 4 options. ANd the only other Wii U option is the more expensive deluxe set which is still the most expensive and only has 32 gigs. 

I get where people are coming from with the whole external harddrives and thats cool. But to the average consumer, it looks like a worst deal than the other two. Lets be real, Wii U is competing against PS360

Thank you!

I am one of the consumers that...

1: likes convienience.

2: Does not want an external hadddrive hanging off my console. 

It saddens me that Nintendo has not provided any such option that I would be fully happy with.


I imagine most people are like this, only these forum dwellers say otherwise, which could be one of the reasons why the WIi U is getting its ass handled by consoles that have been on the market for years.

And the Vita as well cause its got a worse memory issue than the WiiU



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oniyide on 18 March 2013
Booyah said:
oniyide said:
teigaga said:
oniyide said:
wvelting said:
Otakumegane said:
Well.

Nintendo why you make so many bad decisions.


Will someone please explain why Nintendo keeps getting picked on for this.  MS makes a 4GB 360 and Sony makes a 12GB PS3, both of which would have to be upgraded to download a game like this.  Nintendo decided to let people use external HD's instead for expanded storage which workes just fine and is far cheaper than a hard drive pgrade for the 360 and for the most part no more than an upgrade for the PS3.  So...what's your problem with it?

 

Most people don't download full games anyways.  Why should everyone have to pay for a built in hard drive if most people would never use most of the space anyways.  To me, Nintendo's decision on this was a good one.  Also for me, we have 4 different external hard drives in my house, so it saved me money.

The thing is, those consoles have been around much longer and they have other OPTIONS, its not like those are the only ones you can get. ANd you have to look at price, the 4gig 360 is 100 bucks less than the basic wii U model that has only twice the space...most of which is going to be used to set up the OS anyway. (yes i know the cost is coming from the controller, but most wont care). PS3 has all kinds of options. Hell, for the same amount of money you can get a 500GB ps3 WITH a damn game. THe basic you get nothing,  and thats just one of there like 4 options. ANd the only other Wii U option is the more expensive deluxe set which is still the most expensive and only has 32 gigs. 

I get where people are coming from with the whole external harddrives and thats cool. But to the average consumer, it looks like a worst deal than the other two. Lets be real, Wii U is competing against PS360

Thank you!

I am one of the consumers that...

1: likes convienience.

2: Does not want an external hadddrive hanging off my console. 

It saddens me that Nintendo has not provided any such option that I would be fully happy with.


I imagine most people are like this, only these forum dwellers say otherwise, which could be one of the reasons why the WIi U is getting its ass handled by consoles that have been on the market for years.

And the Vita as well cause its got a worse memory issue than the WiiU


ok...not sure what that has to do with Wii U, but whatever



Bong Lover on 18 March 2013

Rather than cry to the internet about needing to buy my own storage, I want to know if anyone know of an external hard drive that has a form factor that matches a (black) Wii U?



dahuman on 18 March 2013
Bong Lover said:
Rather than cry to the internet about needing to buy my own storage, I want to know if anyone know of an external hard drive that has a form factor that matches a (black) Wii U?


Well, there is a shellshock on newegg atm: http://www.newegg.com/Special/ShellShocker.aspx?cm_sp=ShellShocker-_-22-178-104-_-03182013_1

would look pretty nice next to a Wii U I think, oh wait you are in Norway... :P



Bong Lover on 18 March 2013
dahuman said:
Bong Lover said:
Rather than cry to the internet about needing to buy my own storage, I want to know if anyone know of an external hard drive that has a form factor that matches a (black) Wii U?


Well, there is a shellshock on newegg atm: http://www.newegg.com/Special/ShellShocker.aspx?cm_sp=ShellShocker-_-22-178-104-_-03182013_1

would look pretty nice next to a Wii U I think, oh wait you are in Norway... :P


Thank you,

while I am from Norway, I am not in Norway. (at leats not right now)



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dahuman on 18 March 2013
Bong Lover said:
dahuman said:
Bong Lover said:
Rather than cry to the internet about needing to buy my own storage, I want to know if anyone know of an external hard drive that has a form factor that matches a (black) Wii U?


Well, there is a shellshock on newegg atm: http://www.newegg.com/Special/ShellShocker.aspx?cm_sp=ShellShocker-_-22-178-104-_-03182013_1

would look pretty nice next to a Wii U I think, oh wait you are in Norway... :P


Thank you,

while I am from Norway, I am not in Norway. (at leats not right now)


ah okay, might need a y-splitter cable with that one, but you can get one pretty cheap if you are in the US at: 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PCD-USB-Y-Cable-Splitter-YC150B-US-SELLER-3-Extension-Cord-1-Female-2-Male-/221022644917



S.Peelman on 18 March 2013
Mad55 said:
S.Peelman said:
Mad55 said:
wow 22 gigs is huge. thats crazy.

I know. It'll last me this entire generation!


Lol I meant the size of Lego not the wiiu. 

Lol. I read it back, and then I saw it. Derp.

Feel pretty stupid now .



Screamapillar on 18 March 2013

Update OP... the game WILL download to a Deluxe Wii U provided you have enough free space. Confirmed.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/03/14/downloading-lego-city-undercover-requires-external-hard-drive



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Mad55 on 18 March 2013
S.Peelman said:
Mad55 said:
S.Peelman said:
Mad55 said:
wow 22 gigs is huge. thats crazy.

I know. It'll last me this entire generation!


Lol I meant the size of Lego not the wiiu. 

Lol. I read it back, and then I saw it. Derp.

Feel pretty stupid now .

Lol your good. 



superchunk on 18 March 2013

Makes sense, but with the download times they give ... I'm gonna stick to AC3 being the only full digital retail game I'll download. Rest will be on disc.